2025 AFL Season Round 13: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 2025 between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round thirteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at the Gabba. With the presence of multiple Brisbane Lions co-captains, namely Harris Andrews and Lachie Neale, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

The Brisbane Lions (13.12.90) defeated Essendon (11.6.72).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Thursday 29 May 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 26,441

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Essendon
Score: 13.12.90 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 6 . 3 7 . 9 10 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Essendon 1 . 1 4 . 1 9 . 4 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin BRIL by 32 BRIL by 26 BRIL by 12 BRIL by 18 BRIL by 18
Duration 32:26 27:57 31:19 29:22 2:01:04

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Hugh McCluggage BRIL 6 3
Josh Dunkley BRIL 5 2
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum FPR 78% 1 0 13 5 8 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0
31 Andrews, Harris CHB 92% 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
43 Answerth, Noah HBFL 81% 1 0 20 14 6 6 0 3 1 3 2 1 3 3
10 Ashcroft, Levi INT↓ 63% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
8 Ashcroft, Will INT 82% 0 1 30 17 13 4 0 2 7 0 4 0 2 6
33 Bailey, Zac WR 80% 0 2 20 13 7 10 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1
7 Berry, Jarrod HBFR 80% 0 1 25 17 8 9 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 3
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 83% 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 77% 0 0 20 7 13 3 0 7 2 4 1 1 0 5
3 Fletcher, Jaspa WL 89% 1 0 21 17 4 12 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 1
32 Fort, Darcy RU 83% 0 1 10 6 4 3 30 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
27 Gardiner, Darcy INT 69% 1 0 9 5 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 75% 1 0 12 7 5 5 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 3
35 Lester, Ryan BPR 85% 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 2
1 Lohmann, Kai HFFR 82% 3 0 15 13 2 5 0 3 1 5 0 3 0 5
6 McCluggage, Hugh C 85% 0 1 41 20 21 11 0 4 7 5 0 0 1 13
13 Morris, Logan FF 76% 2 3 11 11 0 9 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 2
9 Neale, Lachie RO 84% 0 0 26 11 15 2 0 3 7 2 0 0 1 5
40 Payne, Jack FB 85% 0 0 17 13 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 2
16 Rayner, Cam FPL 88% 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 4
2 Robertson, Deven SUB↑ 14% 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Wilmot, Darcy INT 79% 1 0 14 7 7 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
15 Zorko, Dayne BPL 89% 0 1 23 22 1 6 0 2 0 5 1 2 6 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 12 398 252 146 136 33 55 31 50 17 14 32 62

D. Robertson replaced L. Ashcroft.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 85% 2 1 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 79% 1 0 30 16 14 4 0 8 10 4 2 0 2 4
36 Clarke, Angus WR 79% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 3 1 2 0 2 3 2
44 Day-Wicks, Archer INT 66% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0
22 Durham, Sam RO 76% 1 0 8 2 6 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 78% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 2 2 0 1 2 2
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 77% 1 0 8 3 5 1 39 0 3 1 1 1 1 1
11 Gresham, Jade HBFL 77% 1 1 13 9 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
35 Guelfi, Matt FPL 87% 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 74% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 3
40 Johnson, Zak INT↓ 64% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 1
10 Kako, Isaac FPR 76% 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 100% 0 0 15 7 8 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0
37 Martin, Nic HFFR 90% 2 0 29 16 13 7 0 2 4 3 1 0 4 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 88% 0 0 15 4 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 93% 0 0 28 17 11 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 8 1
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 74% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 1 2 6 0 1 2 1
25 Prior, Jaxon HBFR 85% 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1
27 Redman, Mason CHB 92% 0 0 26 18 8 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 5 2
21 Roberts, Archie BPR 81% 0 1 20 12 8 8 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 3
12 Setterfield, Will INT 76% 1 0 23 10 13 2 0 7 4 5 1 2 0 4
5 Tsatas, Elijah SUB↑ 16% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 85% 2 1 15 10 5 6 8 2 1 3 2 1 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 6 358 189 169 77 47 51 37 52 14 17 48 42

E. Tsatas replaced Z. Johnson.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 A. McGrath (vc) 15 J. Laverde 21 A. Roberts 32 D. Fort 10 L. Ashcroft
4 C. Ah Chee 13 L. Morris 16 C. Rayner 5 J. Dunkley 8 W. Ashcroft
FORWARD 9 L. Neale 27 D. Gardiner
HALF-BACK

44 D. Wilmot
11 J. Gresham 27 M. Redman 25 J. Prior

2 D. Robertson
1 K. Lohmann 30 E. Hipwood 23 C. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 X. Duursma 7 Z. Merrett (c) 36 A. Clarke



33 Z. Bailey 6 H. McCluggage 3 J. Fletcher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 T. Goldstein 44 A. Day-Wicks
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 8 B. Hobbs
16 A. Perkins 30 N. Caddy 37 N. Martin 22 S. Durham 40 Z. Johnson
7 J. Berry 31 H. Andrews 43 N. Answerth

12 W. Setterfield
HALF-BACK

5 E. Tsatas
FORWARD



35 M. Guelfi 20 P. Wright 10 I. Kako



35 R. Lester 40 J. Payne 15 D. Zorko



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:39
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:32
ESSE Nic Martin goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:23
BRIL Jaspa Fletcher goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 09:00
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 10:13
BRIL Callum Ah Chee goal 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 12:31
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 15:21
BRIL Jarrod Berry behind 4.3.27 - 1.0.6 15:55
ESSE Isaac Kako behind 4.3.27 - 1.1.7 16:58
BRIL Darcy Wilmot goal 5.3.33 - 1.1.7 20:58
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 6.3.39 - 1.1.7 28:49
Q2 ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.3.39 - 2.1.13 01:38
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 6.4.40 - 2.1.13 04:41
BRIL Darcy Fort behind 6.5.41 - 2.1.13 07:57
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.5.41 - 3.1.19 09:36
BRIL Logan Morris behind 6.6.42 - 3.1.19 15:10
ESSE Sam Durham goal 6.6.42 - 4.1.25 16:07
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 6.7.43 - 4.1.25 18:29
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 6.8.44 - 4.1.25 20:52
BRIL Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 4.1.25 23:03
BRIL Logan Morris goal 7.9.51 - 4.1.25 26:26
Q3 ESSE Nate Caddy goal 7.9.51 - 5.1.31 00:57
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 7.9.51 - 6.1.37 02:59
ESSE Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 6.2.38 05:02
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 7.9.51 - 6.3.39 06:35
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 7.9.51 - 6.4.40 08:23
ESSE Nic Martin goal 7.9.51 - 7.4.46 10:51
BRIL Darcy Gardiner goal 8.9.57 - 7.4.46 14:51
BRIL Logan Morris behind 8.10.58 - 7.4.46 17:38
ESSE Will Setterfield goal 8.10.58 - 8.4.52 20:44
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 8.10.58 - 9.4.58 21:59
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 9.10.64 - 9.4.58 24:37
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 10.10.70 - 9.4.58 28:27
Q4 ESSE Jade Gresham goal 10.10.70 - 10.4.64 00:25
ESSE Todd Goldstein goal 10.10.70 - 11.4.70 02:24
ESSE Peter Wright behind 10.10.70 - 11.5.71 07:28
BRIL Logan Morris goal 11.10.76 - 11.5.71 09:30
ESSE Archie Roberts behind 11.10.76 - 11.6.72 12:47
BRIL Will Ashcroft behind 11.11.77 - 11.6.72 13:56
BRIL Logan Morris behind 11.12.78 - 11.6.72 15:24
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 12.12.84 - 11.6.72 16:12
BRIL Noah Answerth goal 13.12.90 - 11.6.72 24:54